Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald delivers a stunning account of Elizabeth I that focuses on her role in the Wars on Religion -- the battle between Protestantism and Catholicisim that tore apart Europe in the 16th Century

Elizabeth's 1558 coronation procession was met with an extravagant outpouring of love. Only twenty-five years old, the young queen saw herself as their Protestant savior, aiming to provide the nation with new hope, prosperity, and independence from the foreign influence that had plagued her sister Mary's reign. Given the scars of the Reformation, Elizabeth would need all of the powers of diplomacy and tact she could summon.

Extravagant, witty, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the ultimate tyrant. Yet at the outset, in religious matters, she was unfathomably tolerant for her day. "There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith," Elizabeth once proclaimed. "All else is a dispute over trifles." Heretic Queen is the highly personal, untold story of how Queen Elizabeth I secured the future of England as a world power. Susan Ronald paints the queen as a complex character whose apparent indecision was really a political tool that she wielded with great aplomb.

• We started tracking this book on December 4, 2012.
• This book was $13.49 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 25 times in the past 4,457 days.
• The current price of this book is $2.99 last checked 12 minutes ago.
• The lowest price to date was $2.99 last reached on February 14, 2025.
• This book has been $2.99 7 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $14.99 last reached on May 30, 2013.
• This book has been $14.99 2 times since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its lowest price since we started tracking it.

• History

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 473 Pages
• File Size: 6,033 KB